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Linda Nazar receives prestigious Hughes Medal
Professor and Canada Research Chair Linda Nazar awarded highly coveted Royal Society U.K. Hughes Medal.
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2023 Outstanding Performance Award winners announced
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Events
Master's Seminar - Rahila Khanam
Difluorination of alpha-cyclopropyl styrenes using hypervalent iodine reagent (III)
Supervisor: G. Murphy
Committee members: M. Chong, D. Schipper
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
2:30 pm
C2-361
Master's Thesis Defence - Lin Feng
Origin of Excitonic Transitions and Zeeman Splitting in Lead-Free Halide Perovskites
Supervisor: P. Radovanovic
Thursday, September 5, 2024
1:30 PM
Hybrid: C2-361
Master's Thesis Defence - Mark Brutto
Synthesis and Study of a Lithium Selective Chelator
Supervisor: D. Schipper
Friday, September 6, 2024
10:00 AM
Hybrid: C2-361